In order for the healthcare industry to move toward preventive care and population health management, clinical information needs to flow freely across networks and between hospitals and physicians.

Mr. Christian, the vice president of technology and chief technology officer of Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health, has served as an executive with the Indiana Health Information Exchange. He’s ...

LAS VEGAS—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is ramping up major federal interoperability initiatives on several fronts. As part of this interoperability work, the Trump administration ...

Despite technology advances in electronic health records (EHRs) and the establishment of interoperability requirements by regulatory bodies, siloed patient information remains an unsolved problem ...

Information sharing and interoperability have come a long way since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but challenges still remain, agreed speakers and panelists on the first day of the ...

Nearly every homeland security activity begins at the local level, so coordination is imperative between homeland security and law enforcement entities. As a result, all relevant organizations need an ...

The aim is to provide a common language that makes it easier to share data from disparate sources, along with tools and techniques to make the sharing safer. Open Source The Office of the Director of ...

The Sequoia Project, a non-profit and leading advocate for nationwide health information technology (health IT) interoperability, today announces the release of Pharmacy Care: Use Cases for Health ...

Have you ever shown up for a prescribed medical test, but no one at the testing facility can locate your doctor’s order? Have you ever been referred to a specialist who orders the same medical tests ...

Despite progress in digitization, health data far too often remains siloed across systems and sectors. For providers, data siloes can threaten patient safety and hinder care coordination by forcing ...